Resilience Quotes

"When Americans lend a hand to one another, nothing is impossible. We’re not about what happened on 9/11. We’re about what happened on 9/12."

- Robert Reeg

"The attacks of September 11 were intended to break our spirit. Instead, we have emerged stronger and more unified."

- Rudy Giuliani

"Nothing can separate true friends. Nice try, geography."

- Carolina Fernandez

"It’s difficult, but far from impossible and we smile more than we cry."

- Regina King

"Being a single parent is not a life full of struggles, but a journey for the strong."

- Meg Lowrey

"It's difficult, but far from impossible, and we smile more than we cry."

- Regina King

"Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do."

- Jane Seymour

"The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance."

- Jodi Picoult

"What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails."

- Elizabeth Edwards

"The longest way must have its close—the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning."

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing."

- Jim Carrey

"The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting."

- Walt Disney

"Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life."

- Steve Jobs

"I worked as if there were 24 hours in a day because discrimination pressed me all day and night."

- Katherine Johnson

"I was always changing, starting from the back and going to the front. But nobody ever failed me."

- Katherine Johnson

"My colleagues and I were committed to the work. We found different ways to deal with the segregation."

- Katherine Johnson

"I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship."

- Amy March

"Why do we fall, Sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up."

- Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth

"In the aftermath of 9/11, we were not defined by the tragedy, but by our response."

"We rose from the ashes stronger, braver, and more united than ever."

"And some days life is just hard. And some days are just rough. And some days you just gotta cry before you move forward. And all of that is okay."

"Some days she has no idea how she’ll do it. But every single day. It still gets done."

"Grief is like the ocean. It comes on waves ebbing and flowing."

"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."

"Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness."

"Resilience is not a single trait but a combination of many traits."

"Never let your failures demotivate you. Wishing you a beautiful life and a good morning."

"An eagle’s attitude turns obstacles into opportunities."

"In the arena of wrestling, you discover your true resilience – a force that transcends wins and losses."